08/24/2023
Type: YouTube
Families of school-age kids in Washington state are gaining ground, but still are slightly below an ideal level of immunization, according to family medicine physician Dr. Kimberly Collins.
The...
08/23/2023
In the rural United States, an adolescent who drinks heavily has a 43% greater probability of carrying a handgun in the following year, according to a study published this month in The Journal of...
08/20/2023
Type: YouTube
Smoke from wildfires is affecting air quality around Washington state.
UW Medicine lung specialist Dr. Bonnie Ronish says it’s important to take precautions when air quality dips into unhealthy...
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In a dimly lit basement room, Kate Sweeney is working cheek by jowl with renowned orthopedic surgeon Sigvard Hansen. They’re placing a screw in a patient’s ankle.
“These are drill holes with bone...
Into his fourth decade of practicing family medicine, Dr. Tom Greer counts the Affordable Care Act as one of the most important healthcare changes he’s witnessed. The others were the creation of...